Cybercrime and Russia: 2490+ convictions for cybercrime in Russia. What does that mean? www.linkedin.com/posts/alexan...
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Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill said nuclear weapons “saved our people and country from terrible destruction.” meduza.io/en/news/2026...
Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill calls Russian nuclear weapons ‘God’s grace’ — Meduza
Speaking to worshippers at the Holy Trinity Saint Seraphim-Diveyevo Monastery in Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod region, Patriarch Kirill commented on why Russia’s nuclear weapons were created.
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French far right media is featuring Zelenskyy’s ex spokesperson, who recites Kremlin propaganda. Previously, she was on Carlson’s podcast.
Trump’s corruption scandals are piling up faster than ever From the DOJ slush fund to crypto payoffs to foreign business deals, the pattern is clear: Trump is using the presidency to serve himself & his allies I break down the top 10 scandals in my publisher's note 👇 -TN
Trump & Cronies’ Top 10 Corruption Scandals (Round 4)
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The tangled financial web at the heart of Reform UK www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
The tangled financial web at the heart of Reform UK
Nigel Farage’s £5m gift, the Cottrell family’s links and donations, and Richard Tice’s business dealings form part of an increasingly clear nexus of relationships
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UEFA is considering a boycott of FIFA tournaments, including the World Cup and the Club World Cup Because the non-profit FIFA wants to hand over influence to private investors There are 55 members in UEFA
UEFA Considering Boycott of FIFA Tournaments in Brewing Feud
UEFA is considering a boycott of FIFA events, according to a person familiar with the matter, in a seismic rift between the most powerful governing bodies of football.
bloomberg.com
St. Petersburg’s election commission has refused to register Yabloko party candidates for the city’s legislative assembly elections. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
St. Petersburg election commission denies Yabloko registration for city legislature race — Meduza
St. Petersburg’s election commission has refused to register Yabloko party candidates for the city’s legislative assembly elections, the St. Petersburg-based news outlet Fontanka reported. Officials…
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GRU officer who procured military technology in Japan for Russia leaves Tokyo after being exposed by investigations Flight registrations reviewed by The Insider show that Maxim Filchenkov likely flew from Tokyo to Shanghai and from there to Moscow.
GRU officer who procured military technology in Japan for Russia leaves Tokyo after being exposed by investigations
Maxim Filchenkov, an officer of Russia’s GRU military intelligence directorate who posed as an Aeroflot employee, has left Japan, where he had been involved in…
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“Where is the money? There is no transparency and the US government does not inform us.” From @financialtimes.com, on Venezuela giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
The US has collected about $13bn of Venezuela’s oil money. Where is it?
Washington has given diverging accounts of where the earthquake-shattered country’s funds are going
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25 years ago in Budapest, the world got its first - and still most relevant - #cybercrime treaty. See my assessment of its performance 2001 - 2026. www.linkedin.com/posts/alexan...
Budapest Convention on Cybercrime at 25 | Alexander Seger
The Convention on Cybercrime turns 25 🎂! Twenty-five years ago – on 23 November 2001 in Budapest to be precise – the world got its first international treaty on cybercrime. The Council of Europe ...
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So good to wake up on a Sunday morning to good news for once: Tate brothers arrested in Miami:) Just hope that Trump will not interfere... www.bbc.com/news/article...
Andrew Tate and Tristan Tate arrested in US after more UK charges laid
The Crown Prosecution Service says it has requested their extradition from the US, while their lawyer says they are "innocent".
bbc.com
In April, pro-Kremlin blogger Ilya Remeslo predicted Putin would soon lose power in "something like a palace coup." 3 months later, it's Remeslo facing prosecution: the authorities arrested him today on charges of spreading "fake news" about Russia's army. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
Ilya Remeslo, the informant who helped put Navalny in legal jeopardy, just learned what it costs to call Putin a war criminal — Meduza
Ilya Remeslo, a pro-Kremlin blogger and informant, publishes a lengthy post on his Telegram channel sharply criticizing Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Podcast I recommend on this www.bellingcat.com/resources/po...
Bellingcat Podcast: MH17, Episode 1 Guide: The People Who Fell From the Sky - bellingcat
You can listen to the first episode of the Bellingcat Podcast on the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 (MH17) by subscribing on any major podcast application by searching “Bellingcat”, including...
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Sven-Erik Volberg@volberg.bsky.social · 3w agoOn this day in 2014, a russian Buk shot down a passenger aircraft MH17 flying at 10 km from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur over Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine. All 283 passengers and 15 crew were killed. Girkin confessed that is was russians. NL courts agreed
Türkiye vs. human rights, #democracy and the rule of law: a race to the bottom. Ten years after the attempted coup of 15 July 2016, #Türkiye is competing with #Azerbaijan for the last place among the 46 members of the Council of Europe. www.alexnotes.net/notes/#July-...
On July 4, Turkey deported Russian activist Ariadna Litvinova, who faces criminal charges in Russia for “discrediting” the army. After she returned to Russia, a court ordered her remanded in custody. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
Russian anti-war activist Ariadna Litvinova was deported from Turkey. On arrival in Russia, she was immediately detained on charges of ‘discrediting’ the army. — Meduza
On July 4, Turkey deported Russian activist Ariadna Litvinova, who faces criminal charges in Russia for “discrediting” the army. The grounds for deportation were that Litvinova lacked the documents…
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"the amount of recovery aid the Trump administration has announced is just a fraction of the estimated $8 billion in revenues from oil exports it has taken out of Venezuela since the United States deposed the country’s ruler, Nicolás Maduro, in January" www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/w...
With $8 Billion in Venezuelan Oil Money, U.S. Gives $300 Million in Quake Aid
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USA 1 - Belgium 4. What now? Will Trump call Infantino to have #FIFA overturn the result? Or revoke visas of Belgium players? Or have them arrested for vandalizing that pool? Or put tariffs on Belgium? (All of these proposals would normally be absurd, but here ...)
It doesn't matter that Balogun's red card was questionable. This is corrupt and it ruins the World Cup, certainly for millions. of American fans. abcnews.com/GMA/Culture/...
Trump asked FIFA to review US World Cup star Folarin Balogun's red card ban: Sources
Balogun was given a red card and automatically suspended for one game last week after clashing with an opposing player's foot.
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Re Trump calls to Infantino over Balogun red card: isn't there a #FIFA rule that says countries are suspended if there is political interference?
As the revelations pile up, the excuses get thinner and thinner. But this is always the story with the extreme right. It's a racket, a deception perpetrated against the public. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage did not declare gifts from crypto entrepreneur convicted of fraud
Reform UK’s Robert Jenrick says Farage accepted staff, security and accommodation from George Cottrell before becoming an MP
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#FIFA WM: Nach Trumps Anrufen bei Infantino wg Balogun' roter Karte: Wird der VAR für das USA-Belgien Spiel jetzt im Weißen Haus platziert?
Trump intervention to overrule #FIFA red card: a fart of a deal that compromises World Cup (even more) www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Trump lobbied Fifa to lift Folarin Balogun suspension for World Cup game v Belgium
The US striker was shown red in the team’s last-32 match, but the card and its suspension were thought to not be eligible for appeal.
theguardian.com
USAID saved lives. It follows almost by definition that abruptly gutting it kills people.
Yes, the Cuts to USAID Have Killed
Elon Musk dismisses the human toll of the Trump administration’s gutting U.S. foreign aid—but it’s real and it’s measurable.
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As we slept, Kyiv was going through a nightmare
Blatant lobbying, not for the sake of our country, but for the fossil fuel industry, in which almost all the ultrarich - including, in all likelihood, the proprietors of these newspapers - are heavily invested. These people are not and never will be your friends. www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...
Analysis: UK newspapers have already printed 63 editorials in 2026 backing North Sea drilling - Carbon Brief
UK newspapers have already published 63 editorials this year calling for more oil and gas extraction in the North Sea, according to Carbon Brief analysis.
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